The full report for the Barwon-Darling region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (118 pages)
Darling River near Bourke, New South Wales
Barwon-Darling region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
The Barwon-Darling region is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.
- 11 June 2008 | Updated 14 October 2011
Background
The Barwon-Darling region is in north-western New South Wales and represents 13 per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB).
The region has a population of around 50 000 people concentrated in the centres of Collarenebri, Walgett, Brewarrina, Bourke, Cobar and Wilcannia.
Research findings
The following documents detail the research findings:
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Fast facts
- The Barwon-Darling region is one of a series of 18 regions within the Murray-Darling Basin which is being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
- The region, in north-western New South Wales, represents 13 per cent of the total area of the Basin
- It uses three per cent of the total surface water diverted for irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin, and less than one per cent of the total groundwater resource that is extracted in the Basin
